An update on the North Carolina legislature is provided by the North Carolina Association of Educators:
Students and schools will be heavily impacted by the Senate majority cutting nearly 8,600 teacher assistants over the next two years. Not only will it have a big impact in our schools, it will create turmoil for thousands of families. So much for the Senate’s job creation budget!
NCAE worked with senators to try to restore teacher assistants. Some lawmakers tried to restore TAs and other education needs by replacing the Senate Majority’s proposed corporate tax cut, but Republicans either voted down the amendments or used parliamentary maneuvers to kill them. NCAE will now have to push the House to reject this proposal. The House maintained the current level of TAs in its budget.
Raises are miniscule, and future educators lose free health care once they retire. Other topics impacting schools, as noted by the same update, includes changes to gun laws and voter ID changes.
